We are independent researchers completely unsupported by anyveterinary organization, pet food company or any professional profitmaking business. Our staff includes professionals from pet care,education, and academic research industries. For the next 10+ years,we will follow your pet’s life with the hopes to find definitive,unbiased answers to many questions pet owners and pet careprofessionals currently pose.

Your responses will help educate and provide insight into our pet'slives, health and longevity. Your support is extremely important andwe hope you feel this goal is worthy of 20-30 minutes of your time!

The survey participants will be asked to join a long term study,receiving one large survey (similar to this first survey) annuallyand, with your permission, one-two, fun, quick, focused surveysthroughout the year. You may end your survey participation at anytime, as participation in this study is completely voluntary. Surveyparticipants will also be notified with a link when the results arepublished.

Each pet will be surveyed individually, so please choose the number ofpets you would like to contribute to the study if you have more thanone. The initial survey (first pet) should take anywhere from 20 to30 minutes to complete. Additional pets take 5-15 minutes as thequestions include only individual pet information and you will befamiliar with the questions.

This survey is based in the United States. If you do not live in theU.S., but would still like to participate, please understand othercountries were not included when writing this survey; some breeds, orproduct brands, may not be included.

I just got an email from this group stating the survey needs more responders. If you could post these links on your forums and/or Facebook accounts asking for dog, cat, and ferret owners to respond, Corina and her friends will greatly appreciate it. (And I would too as I'm dying to see the results.)